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Navigating emotional labour in grad school
This work is often overlooked and can have negative impacts if students are not properly supported.
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New guide helps researchers up their science communication game
Practical advice for how academics can learn to embrace science advocacy.
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Five easy pieces of advice for new department chairs
This position gives you a great opportunity to expand your leadership skills.
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A useful guide for anyone considering a PhD
Envisioning the PhD journey as three distinct stages: the marathon, the discourse and the compass.
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Thompson Rivers University seeks experts to shape the future of online education
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AI in Education Forum 2024: Unleashing AI’s potential for transformative learning
This groundbreaking conference on AI is organized by the Chartered Institute of Professional Certifications.
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Building a multi-university joint language BA program
The proposal overcomes the common challenge of insufficient numbers and resources to offer degrees in languages such as Chinese.
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The high cost of inadequate funding for grad students
A recent report on the future of the history PhD shows many students are living below the poverty line.
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In academia, we need two types of researchers: divers and surfers
Once the value of ‘interdisciplinary’ is truly accepted, academia will significantly benefit.
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We need to teach postdocs how to teach
Without properly training them, we are throwing our academics to the wind and shortchanging their students.
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Clearly you are accomplished, but you also present as being rather lazy
Why it’s important to provide analysis and context for your experience, credentials and successes in an application.
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How to manage your graduate student
A written agreement is a good way to clarify expectations and build trust.
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How to create order out of chaos
The “Organized Academic” shares how to transform your academic life.
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How to manage your supervisor
Four strategies to help graduate students get their needs to the top of a professor’s to-do list.
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Concordia’s Art Volt Collection aims to help launch the careers of fine art grads
The initiative includes a ‘bootcamp’ in art marketing and sales skills.
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The difficulty of defining the student:supervisor relationship in grad school
Students often see themselves as ‘oppressed’ workers, while faculty see themselves as the expert who will mould the smart but inexperienced student.
